Author Visits

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BATTLE OF THE BOOK LAUNCHES!
Friday, September 6, at the Northwood Congregational Church
6:00 pm

It’s a Mother/Daughter Face-Off between Two Granite State Authors!

In this corner, champion of Yankee culture, weighing in at over a dozen books with fat awards, it's Moose of Humor Rebecca Rule! She’ll be launching THAT REMINDS ME OF A FUNNY STORY, a memoir/storytelling how-to/compendium of Yankee humor. Appropriate for all ages, but especially grown-ups.

In that corner, wielding princess power and the magic of friendship, weighing in at three books with sparkly covers, it’s Adi Rule! She’ll be launching HEARTS OF ICE, a wintry fantasy perfect for ages 8-12 and anyone young at heart.

Yankee and Princess/Prince costumes welcome — prizes for our favorites!

Local Author, Adi Rule -
​Hearts of Ice

"​Adi Rule is the author of The Hidden Twin and Strange Sweet Song, which won the 2016 NH Writers Project literary award for Outstanding Young Adult Book as well as the Vermont College of Fine Arts Houghton Mifflin/Clarion Prize (St Martin’s Press). Her middle grade debut, Hearts of Ice, comes out in September 2019 from Scholastic. Adi has led workshops throughout New England for groups that include 826 Boston, the VCFA Young Writers Network, and the NH Writers Project. Her work has appeared in Hunger Mountain journal of the arts and NH Pulp Fiction anthologies. She also contributes essays and features to New Hampshire Magazine." - https://www.adirule.com/bio

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From adirule : 
Evangeline has been lonely her whole life. Her mother rarely lets her play outside . . . especially not when it's snowing. It's almost as if she wants to hide her daughter from the world.
 
For as long as she can remember, Evangeline has felt someone missing, like a best friend who moved away, or an imaginary friend she's forgotten. She knows it sounds crazy, but the thought has always given her comfort—the idea that there's someone waiting for her, looking for her. Someone who cares about her.

On her birthday, Evangeline finds her window has blown open and her room is full of snow. There's a message written in the frost. One word:

​HELP

Evangeline learns that she has a sister — a twin, in fact. They were both born in another world—a land of snow and music and ancient magic. Now, someone is calling Evangeline back, and will stop at nothing to lure her into the magical realm where danger lurks.

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Local Author Rebecca Rule -
​That Reminds Me of a Funny Story

​Rebecca Rule is a full-time writer, humorist, storyteller, host for 10 years of the NH Authors Series on NHPTV, currently host of Our Hometown also on NHPTV. She’s been telling stories in New England, especially New Hampshire, for more than twenty years. She hasn’t visited every town in the Granite State, but pretty close — speaking at libraries, historical societies, rotaries, clubs, church groups, camp grounds, and charitable organizations. She says she likes collecting stories because “they’re free and you don’t have to dust them."

She’s the author of a dozen books including N is for NH, an ABC book with photographs by Scott Snyder. Other books include The Iciest Diciest Scariest Sled Ride Ever!, a picture book, illustrated by Jennifer Thermes;  Headin’ for the Rhubarb, A NH Dictionary (well, kinda); and The  Best Revenge, named one of five essential NH Books by NH Magazine and Outstanding Work of Fiction by the NH Writers Project. Sixty Years of Cuttin’ the Cheese: Joel Sherburne and Calef’s Famous Country Store takes a look at the beloved institution of the general store through the eyes of an amazing (and very funny) man who’s worked in one for sixty years and counting. Her new book, That Reminds Me of a FUNNY Story, will be published this fall by Hobblebush Press. www.rebeccarule.com 

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Book launch sponsored by Friends of the Northwood Libraries

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AUTHORS TAKE NOTE

Are you a local author? Have you finished your book? If you are interested in having the library host a book signing /launch for you please contact us at 942-5472 or email chesley.director@gmail.com.

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